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| As you can see, Ubuntu supports a lot of languages. I always just choose 'English' here. |
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Install Ubuntu
The text mode install is the popular choice for most good professional or home users. It's a good idea to scroll down one line and check your CD for defects first though. I will run through the rest of the options below, but this option is the one that this web-page is mainly about. Check the CD for defects, that is a good idea! It only takes five minutes or so and might save you hours of frustration if you have a bad burn. You already ran an md5sum test on your .iso download too, of course. I recommend checking the CD for defects. I do that. If you want to see what happened when I didn't, look in this link, Hardy Heron Beta / Gutsy Gibbon Graphical Installation C Rescue a broken system, (Rescue mode) this option loads a kernel and goes through similar process as the first part of the text mode install. When it gets up to about fig7 stage, it asks for a device to use a a root file system. You would choose your Linux (Ubuntu) partition, you need to know which partition that is beforehand. (It's easier if you don't have a lot of partitions to choose from, or keep a notebook, or just know it). Rescue options are as show in this illustration below,
Mostly the option to use will be re-installing GRUB. Click Here to see that illustrated. There are also lots of things you can do if you boot to a shell (rescue console). You will need to know Linux commands or be following some kind of instructions carefully. Repair instructions in the forums and the wiki sometimes advise us to execute a shell in rescue mode. To exit the shell, type the following command, code:
That brings you back to the [!!] Enter Rescue Mode panel, from there you can re-boot or else <Go Back>. If you keep choosing <Go Back>, you will end up in the [?] Ubuntu installer main menu. From there you have a list of options. Scroll to the bottom of that to 'Abort the installation' if you don't need any of those. That will give you a confirmation screen with a warning on it. The warning only applies only to those who have progressed to an advanced stage of an install, most of the time it's safe to ignore it. The worst that can happen is Ubuntu won't be finished installing and you might need to delete re-install it if it was an interrupted installation. It is safe to ignore this warning most of the time. See an illustration of the Ubuntu Installer Main Menu.............GO Test Memory, you can test your computer's RAM to make sure it's okay. (Memtest86+) (Press'Esc' to exit the Memory test after you try it out). Note: you should enter your computer's CMOS (BIOS) first, and disable the CPU internal and external caches (L1 and L2) before running memory tests. Don't forget to re-enable those again when you are finished. Boot from first hard disk, This re-boots the computer. Here is a link to the Official Ubuntu Installation Guide's, 'How the Installer Works', it explains all about the Debian installer. You should read that first and look at the illustrations in this website after that. Here is a link to the Official Ubuntu Installation Guide's, 'Components Introduction' too. I recommend reading the official documentation as well as looking at the pictures below here. Now that I have explained what the other options are for, I selected 'Install Ubuntu', and pressed 'Enter'. |
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| fig 2 home We are now proceeding with Setting up Ubuntu Installer and Hardware Configuration (a link to the official Ubuntu documentation). The first decision here is an easy one. Choose your language. Your arrow keys can move the blue rectangle up or down the list to select a language. Then press 'Enter'. The <Go Back> option is shown in the lower left corner of almost every panel. It does the same as explained above (read <Go Back> again). Your 'Tab' key is the one to use throughout this installation for moving the red highlighting from 'Yes' to 'No' or 'Go Back'. This can be a very handy thing to know about. For one thing, it is useful if you need to go back one or two steps and repeat something you didn't get right. There are also things you can do from the 'Ubuntu Installer Main Menu' later on, after the install. For example, if you need to re-install Grub or Lilo boot loaders to your MBR or to a partition, you might want to access these options from the Ubuntu Installer's Main Menu. You don't necessarily have to be doing an install to run the Ubuntu Install CD. You can also use the Ubuntu Install CD's partitioner to do partitioning work if you need to. Nowadays a GParted -- LiveCD is better for that though. The 'Ubuntu Installer Main Menu' also offers an escape route in case something has gone wrong and you need to abort the installation and re-boot to fix something. Or it may be that you have suddenly realized you have made a mistake and wish to cancel everything and try again. If you do find yourself wanting to do this, just be aware that the line for 'abort the installation' and it is right down below the bottom of your monitor's screen, and out of view. People may not realize they need to scroll down to find it. Highlight that and press 'Enter', and be ready to remove your CD from it's drawer or it will boot from the CD again before you know it. |